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The LIONS: Complete History - Signed & Hand Bound in Leather
Item Number: 1733
The LIONS: The Complete History of the British and Irish Rugby Union Team, 1888-2005 - Classic Leather Hand Bound - By David Walmsley - Editor: Willie John McBride – Foreword: Dr Syd Millar This is undoubtedly the best-illustrated book ever produced and a rare item of signed British Lions memorabilia. Over the past 117 years The Lions have proved the most popular team in rugby famed for their exploits. Now this stunning Collector’s Edition brings to life the spirit of the team and the spectacle and passion that Lions tours have always generated. David Walmsley’s extensively researched text is richly supplemented with written contributions by all the surviving Lions and opposition captains, 27 in total, to provide the most in depth and personal account ever written. More than 600 photographs and items of memorabilia, many rare and unseen and assembled from archives and players’ collections from around the world, create an intriguing visual feast for Rugby Union enthusiasts. Statistics for each tour have been meticulously researched by Stuart Farmer, the official statistician of the British and Irish Lions, making this the most fascinating, thorough and up-to-date volume ever published on the history of the famous British Lions. Copies numbered from 1 to 1000 are hand bound in full rich leather. The page edges are gilded, there is gilt tooling on the spine, with a sewn cloth Lions badge inset into the leather front cover. Each weighty Classic Leather tome is magnificently housed in a multi-coloured, silk-screened solandar box. In the pocket of the box you'll find a signed print of a Lions legend autographed by that legend. Additionally, all copies are signed by: Bill Beaumont, John Dawes, John Eales, Gavin Hastings, Brian Lochore, Willie John McBride and Morné Du Plessis. A stunning and rare item of signed British and Irish Lions memorabilia. Delivery charges are: UK delivery £15 per book (7 - 10 working days), Europe £25, USA £30 and ROW £40.
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